Daniela Bergschneider

Daniela Bergschneider (b. 1986, Germany) is an artist based in Bergen (Norway), where she completed her master’s degree in Fine Art at UiB’s Faculty of Art, Music and Design in 2020. She also studied at the University of Paderborn and the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg.

Bergschneider has participated in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including Beginning, Becoming at Format, Oslo (2025), the annual exhibition of Norske Kunsthåndverkere (2020/21/22/23), Open M Art Fair in Hangzhou, China (2025), Pieces by Hint Project in Aarhus (2024), Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale in Fiskars, Finland (2024), The sky from above at Oplandia Senter for Samtidskunst in Lillehammer (2024), Remnants of the Future at Officinet in Copenhagen (2022), and Hybridia at SOFT Gallery in Oslo (2021). Daniela’s works are included in the collections of the National Museum in Oslo, KODE Museum in Bergen, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim, the Equinor Art Collection, as well as the collection of the City of Gothenburg.

Daniela Bergschneider explores the relationship between textiles and ceramics in sculptural works that express a universal corporeality that extends beyond the human body. Her works push the boundary between the abstract and concrete, the beautiful and grotesque, and the familiar and the alien.

In the process of making she creates small modular porcelain elements by hand, that are then tied into hand dyed semi-transparent nylon fabric to construct larger forms. Using textiles and porcelain, she works with two materials that are easy to identify and familiar to us in our everyday lives, yet allow for transformation in a way that they appear unknown or new. The material hybrids are made from hard and soft elements, with the porcelain resembling the presence of bones and the textile as the sculpture’s skin. Together they form a skeletal structure in which both materials create a cohesive whole, akin to the inner functionality of living beings. Because of the dynamic tension between the two materials, they give the impression of being alive—almost as if they are breathing, expanding, and contracting.

Bergschneider’s sculptures are made to achieve an expression she calls Visual Tactility. This quest is characterized by using her studio as a laboratory to develop forms and surfaces that are charged with enough tactile and visual information to trigger the imagination into evoking an emotional response. Her goal is for viewers to sense the work within their own bodies, feeling a resonance in their muscular system as they approach the works.

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